Friday, August 12, 2016

Hillary Clinton releases tax return

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has released her latest federal income tax return, a challenge to Donald Trump who's released nothing of this or recent years. The Clintons have released them for decades.

It shows adjusted gross income of $10.5 million for the year and $2.2 million in itemized deductions, with a tax bill of $3.6 million. She'll be getting a $1 million refund from overpayment of estimated taxes.

Tidbits: Bill Clinton draws about $22,000 for state of Arkansas retirement. The couple contributed $1.042 million to charity, $1 million of it to the Clinton Family Foundation (a separate entity from the Clinton Foundation that gives money to a variety of familiar charities and nonprofits). Speaking fees paid through an agency and book payments account for the bulk of income.

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